Short and Medium-Length National Competition
Focusing on the agency of Black women, the film highlights three young women’s journeys toward self-acceptance, self-care, and the courage to confront daily microaggressions.
Short and Medium-Length International Competition
A Californian orange grove becomes the unexpected setting for a conversation between a Palestinian father and daughter about the experience of exile.
WHEN LIGHT IS DISPLACED
- Zaina Bseiso
- 2021
- Palestine, United States
- s.t. English
- 7 min
Strength of the living
Based on a Polish Antarctic station, the filmmaker’s regular conversations with an artificial neural network impel her into deep and thoughtful introspection about the future of the planet.
WHITE ON WHITE
- Viera Cakanyova
- 2020
- Slovakia, Czech Republic
- s.t. English
- 75 min
Gestures of resistance
Women from India’s Dalit community set aside the publication of their printed newspaper to create videos that reach millions of people.
WRITING WITH FIRE
- Sushmit Ghosh, Rintu Thomas
- 2021
- India
- s.t. French or English
- 93 min